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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Clippy-letter.PNG" decoding="async" width="130" height="308" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="308" /></a><figcaption><i>Clippit</i>, the default Office Assistant, as seen in Office 2000 through 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Office Assistant</b> is a discontinued <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_user_interface" title="Intelligent user interface">intelligent user interface</a> for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> that assisted users by way of an interactive <a href="/wiki/Animated_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated character">animated character</a> which <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">interfaced</a> with the Office help content. It was included in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office for Windows</a> (versions 97 to 2003), in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Publisher" title="Microsoft Publisher">Microsoft Publisher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Project" title="Microsoft Project">Microsoft Project</a> (versions 98 to 2003), <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage" title="Microsoft FrontPage">Microsoft FrontPage</a> (versions 2002 and 2003), and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office for Mac</a> (versions 98 to 2004). The Office Assistant used technology initially from <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Agent" title="Microsoft Agent">Microsoft Agent</a>, offering advice based on <a href="/wiki/Bayesian_probability" title="Bayesian probability">Bayesian</a> algorithms. </p><p>The default assistant in the English version was named <b>Clippit</b>, after a <a href="/wiki/Paperclip" class="mw-redirect" title="Paperclip">paperclip</a>. Although the name Clippit was used in all versions of Microsoft Office that supported the Office Assistant feature, the assistant became commonly referred to by the public as <b>Clippy</b>, a name which later occasionally bled into Microsoft marketing materials.<sup id="cite_ref-dickinson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dickinson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xenon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xenon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-futurism_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-futurism-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clippit was by far the most notable (partly because in many cases the setup CD was required to install the other assistants), which also led to it being called simply the <b>Microsoft Paperclip</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Office Assistant and particularly Clippit have been the subject of numerous criticisms and parodies. In November 2021, Microsoft officially updated their design of the paperclip emoji (📎) on <a href="/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a> to be Clippit.<sup id="cite_ref-Emoji_Win11_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emoji_Win11-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Office Assistant was an <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_user_interface" title="Intelligent user interface">intelligent user interface</a> for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a>. It assisted users by way of an interactive <a href="/wiki/Animated_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated character">animated character</a> that <a href="/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">interfaced</a> with the Office help content. It was included in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office for Windows</a> (versions 97 to 2003), in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Publisher" title="Microsoft Publisher">Microsoft Publisher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Project" title="Microsoft Project">Microsoft Project</a> (versions 98 to 2003), <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage" title="Microsoft FrontPage">Microsoft FrontPage</a> (versions 2002 and 2003), and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office for Mac</a> (versions 98 to 2004). The default assistant in the English version was named <i>Clippit</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-dickinson_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dickinson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-clippitshomepage_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clippitshomepage-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after a <a href="/wiki/Paperclip" class="mw-redirect" title="Paperclip">paperclip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-designer_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-designer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technology">Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Office Assistant used technology initially from <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Agent" title="Microsoft Agent">Microsoft Agent</a>, offering advice based on <a href="/wiki/Bayesian_probability" title="Bayesian probability">Bayesian</a> algorithms.<sup id="cite_ref-xenon_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xenon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Office 2000 onward, Microsoft Agent (.acs) replaced the Microsoft Bob-descended Actor (.act) format as the technology supporting the feature. Users can add other assistants to the folder where Office is installed for them to show up in the Office application, or install in the Microsoft Agent folder in <a href="/wiki/Special_folder#List_of_special_folders" title="Special folder">System32</a> folder. Microsoft Agent-based characters have richer forms and colors, and are not enclosed within a boxed window. Furthermore, the Office Assistant could use the <a href="/wiki/Lernout_%26_Hauspie" title="Lernout & Hauspie">Lernout & Hauspie</a> TruVoice Text-to-Speech Engine to provide output speech capabilities to Microsoft Agent, but it required SAPI 4.0. The Microsoft Speech Recognition Engine allowed the Office Assistant to accept speech input.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Alan_Cooper" title="Alan Cooper">Alan Cooper</a>, the "Father of <a href="/wiki/Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">Visual Basic</a>", the concept of Clippit was based on a "tragic misunderstanding" of research conducted at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, showing that the same part of the <a href="/wiki/Brain" title="Brain">brain</a> in use while using a <a href="/wiki/Computer_mouse" title="Computer mouse">mouse</a> or <a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">keyboard</a> was also responsible for emotional reactions while interacting with other <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human beings</a> and thus is the reason people yell at their <a href="/wiki/Computer_monitor" title="Computer monitor">computer monitors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AlanCooper_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlanCooper-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> concluded that if humans reacted to computers the same way they react to other humans, it would be beneficial to include a human-like face in their software.<sup id="cite_ref-AlanCooper_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlanCooper-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As people already related to computers directly as they do with humans, the added human-like face emerged as an annoying interloper distracting the user from the primary conversation.<sup id="cite_ref-AlanCooper_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlanCooper-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clippit was based on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a>, a redesign of early Windows versions. Bob was discontinued in 1996 after receiving poor reception, replaced by Office Assistant shortly after. </p><p>First introduced in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_97" title="Microsoft Office 97">Microsoft Office 97</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-97rtm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97rtm-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Office Assistant was codenamed TFC during development, with the "C" standing for "clown."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It appeared when the program determined the user could be assisted by using Office wizards, searching help, or advising users on using Office features more effectively. It also presented tips and keyboard shortcuts. For example, typing an address followed by "Dear" would cause the Assistant to appear with the message, "It looks like you're writing a <a href="/wiki/Letter_(message)" title="Letter (message)">letter</a>. Would you like help?" </p><p> Microsoft turned off the feature by default in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XP" title="Microsoft Office XP">Office XP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feature was removed altogether in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2007" title="Microsoft Office 2007">Office 2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2008_for_Mac" title="Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac">Office 2008 for Mac</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png/220px-Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png/330px-Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png/440px-Clippy_Hidden_in_office.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="106" /></a><figcaption>Clippit, hidden</figcaption></figure> <p>A small image of Clippit can be found in Office 2013 and newer, which can be seen by going to Options and changing the theme (or Office Background) to "School Supplies". Clippit would then appear on the ribbon. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Windows_11_Clippy_paperclip_emoji.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Windows_11_Clippy_paperclip_emoji.png/170px-Windows_11_Clippy_paperclip_emoji.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d8/Windows_11_Clippy_paperclip_emoji.png 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>The paperclip emoji (📎) on <a href="/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2021, Microsoft used <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> to show off a redesign of Clippit, and said that if it received 20,000 likes they would replace the paperclip <a href="/wiki/Emoji" title="Emoji">emoji</a> on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Microsoft 365</a> with the character.<sup id="cite_ref-Revival_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Revival-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Tweet quickly surpassed 20,000 likes and they then announced they would replace it.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2021, Microsoft officially updated their design of the paperclip emoji (📎) on <a href="/wiki/Windows_11" title="Windows 11">Windows 11</a> to be Clippit.<sup id="cite_ref-Emoji_Win11_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emoji_Win11-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assistants">Assistants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assistants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The default assistant in the English version was called Clippit.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-designer_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-designer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The character was designed by Kevan J. Atteberry.<sup id="cite_ref-designer_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-designer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clippit was by far the most notable Assistant (partly because in many cases the setup CD was required to install the other assistants), which also led to it being called simply the <i>Microsoft Paperclip</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original Clippit from <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_97" title="Microsoft Office 97">Office 97</a> was given a new look in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2000" title="Microsoft Office 2000">Office 2000</a>. </p><p>Apart from Clippit, other Office Assistants were also available: </p> <ul><li>The Dot (a shape-shifting <a href="/wiki/Smiley" title="Smiley">smiley</a>-faced red ball)</li> <li>Hoverbot (a robot)</li> <li>The Genius (a caricature of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>, removed in Office XP but available as a downloadable add-on)</li> <li>Office Logo (a <a href="/wiki/Jigsaw_puzzle" title="Jigsaw puzzle">jigsaw puzzle</a> composed of four pieces, which was the logo for Microsoft Office 9x)</li> <li>Mother Nature (a <a href="/wiki/Globe" title="Globe">globe</a>)</li> <li>Scribble (an <a href="/wiki/Origami" title="Origami">origami</a>-esque cat)</li> <li>Power Pup (a <a href="/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a> dog)</li> <li>Will (a caricature of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, removed in Office 2000).</li></ul> <p>In many cases the Office <a href="/wiki/Installation_(computer_programs)" title="Installation (computer programs)">installation</a> <a href="/wiki/CD" class="mw-redirect" title="CD">CD</a> was necessary to activate a different Office assistant character, so the default character, Clippit, remains widely known compared to other Office Assistants. </p><p>In Office 2000, the <i>Hoverbot</i>, <i>Scribble</i>, and <i>Power Pup</i> assistants were replaced by F1 (a robot), Links (a cat), and Rocky (a dog). The Clippit and Office Logo assistants were also redesigned. The removed assistants later resurfaced as downloadable add-ons. </p><p>The Microsoft Office XP Multilingual Pack had two more assistants, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Saeko Sensei</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">冴子先生</span></span>)</span>, an animated teacher, and a version of the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Wukong" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Wukong">Monkey King</a> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">孫悟空</span>) for Asian language users in non-Asian Office versions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Native language versions provided additional representations, such as Kairu the <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphin</a> in Japanese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additional_downloadable_assistants">Additional downloadable assistants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Additional downloadable assistants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since their introduction, more assistants have been released and have been exclusively available via download.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dickinson_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dickinson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Bosgrove (a <a href="/wiki/Butler" title="Butler">butler</a>)</li> <li>Courtney (a <a href="/wiki/Flying_car" title="Flying car">flying car</a> driver)</li> <li>Earl (a <a href="/wiki/Surfboarding" class="mw-redirect" title="Surfboarding">surfboarding</a> <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">alien</a>)</li> <li>Genie (a <a href="/wiki/Genie" class="mw-redirect" title="Genie">genie</a>)</li> <li>Kairu the <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphin</a>, otherwise known as Chacha (available for East Asian editions, downloadable for Office 97)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Links (a cat)</li> <li>Max (a <a href="/wiki/Macintosh_Plus" title="Macintosh Plus">Macintosh Plus</a> computer) (Macintosh)</li> <li>Merlin (a <a href="/wiki/Wizard_(fantasy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizard (fantasy)">wizard</a>)</li> <li>Peedy (a green <a href="/wiki/Parrot" title="Parrot">parrot</a>, which was ultimately reused in the first iteration of the <a href="/wiki/BonziBuddy" title="BonziBuddy">BonziBuddy</a> software)</li> <li>Ms. Saeko (available for Japanese editions, an animated teacher)</li> <li>Robby (a <a href="/wiki/Robot" title="Robot">robot</a>)</li> <li>Rover (a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Retriever" title="Golden Retriever">golden retriever</a>, also featured as Windows XP Explorer's <a href="/wiki/Search_companion" class="mw-redirect" title="Search companion">search companion</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Wukong" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Wukong">The Monkey King</a> (available for East Asian editions, downloadable for Office 97)</li></ul> <p>The 12 assistants for Office 97 could be downloaded from the Microsoft website.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg/220px-Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg/330px-Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg/440px-Kevan_Atteberry_at_ROFLCon_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1957" data-file-height="1566" /></a><figcaption>Clippit creator Kevan Atteberry discussing his much-maligned character at <a href="/wiki/ROFLCon" title="ROFLCon">ROFLCon</a> II</figcaption></figure> <p>The feature drew a strongly negative response from many users.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft turned off the feature by default in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XP" title="Microsoft Office XP">Office XP</a>, acknowledging its unpopularity in an ad campaign spoofing Clippit.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feature was removed altogether in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2007" title="Microsoft Office 2007">Office 2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2008_for_Mac" title="Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac">Office 2008 for Mac</a>, as it continued to draw criticism even from Microsoft employees. </p><p>The program was widely reviled among users as intrusive and annoying,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was criticized even within Microsoft. Microsoft's internal codename TFC had a derogatory origin: <a href="/wiki/Steven_Sinofsky" title="Steven Sinofsky">Steven Sinofsky</a><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states that "C" stood for "clown", while allowing his readers to guess what "TF" might stand for. <i><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_(magazine)" title="Smithsonian (magazine)">Smithsonian Magazine</a></i> called Clippit "one of the worst software design blunders in the annals of computing".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine included Clippit in a 2010 article listing the fifty worst inventions.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although helpful to brand-new users, and although introduced at a time when relatively few people had extensive experience with computers, Clippit was criticized for interrupting users and not providing advice that was fully adapted to the situation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid 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sources">reliable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">independent sources</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Clippit is the subject of numerous humorous parodies and references, including <a href="/wiki/Internet_memes" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet memes">internet memes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been lampooned in multiple television series, including <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Office_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Office (U.S. TV series)">The Office</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Revival_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Revival-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)" title="Silicon Valley (TV series)">Silicon Valley</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parodies">Parodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, a Microsoft advertising campaign for <a href="/wiki/Office_XP" class="mw-redirect" title="Office XP">Office XP</a> included the now-defunct website <i>officeclippy.com</i>, which highlighted the disabling of Clippit in the software. It featured the animated adventures of Clippit (voiced by comedian <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Gottfried" title="Gilbert Gottfried">Gilbert Gottfried</a>) as he learned to cope with unemployment and parodied behaviors of the Office Assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These videos could be downloaded from Microsoft's website as self-contained <a href="/wiki/Flash_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash Player">Flash Player</a> executables.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a Clippit parody in the <i>Plus! Dancer</i> application included in <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!_Digital_Media_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition">Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition</a> which is later included as <i>Windows Dancer</i> in <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005">Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005</a>. The dancing character <b>Boo Who</b>?<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is wearing a ghost outfit, roughly having the shape of Clippit's body, with a piece of wire visible underneath. Occasionally, the white sheet slips, and reveals the thin curve of steel. The description mentions "working for a short while for a Redmond, WA based software company, where he continued to work until being retired in 2001". It was also used in the "<a href="/wiki/Word_Crimes" title="Word Crimes">Word Crimes</a>" music video by <a href="/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic" title=""Weird Al" Yankovic">"Weird Al" Yankovic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vigor_(software)" title="Vigor (software)">Vigor</a> is a Clippit-inspired parody software—a version of the <a href="/wiki/Vi_(text_editor)" title="Vi (text editor)">vi</a> text editor featuring a rough-sketched Clippit. </p><p>On April 1, 2014, Clippit appeared as an Office Assistant in Office Online as part of an <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a> joke.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several days later, an <a href="/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)" title="Easter egg (media)">easter egg</a> was found in the then-preview version of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone_8.1" title="Windows Phone 8.1">Windows Phone 8.1</a>. When asked if she likes Clippit, the personal assistant <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Cortana" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Cortana">Cortana</a> would answer "Definitely. He taught me how important it is to listen." or "What's not to like? That guy took a heck of a beating and he's still smiling."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her avatar occasionally turned into a two-dimensional <a href="/wiki/Metro_(design_language)" title="Metro (design language)">Metro</a>-style Clippit for several seconds. This easter egg is still available in the full release version of the Windows Phone operating system and Windows 10.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 1, 2015, social media website <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> created a parody of Clippit, Coppy, as an April Fools joke. Coppy is an anthropomorphized photocopier that behaved in similar ways to Clippit, asking the user if they want help. Coppy would engage the reader in a series of pointless questions, with a dialogue box written in <a href="/wiki/Comic_Sans_MS" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Sans MS">Comic Sans MS</a>, which was deliberately designed to be extremely annoying.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Tumblr created a <a href="/wiki/Youtooz" title="Youtooz">Youtooz</a> collectible of Coppy. </p><p>Multiple episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Lower_Decks" title="Star Trek: Lower Decks">Star Trek: Lower Decks</a></i> feature a holographic character named "Badgey" who takes the anthropomorphic form of the communication badges featured in the series. The character is initially imbued with characteristics reminiscent of Clippit, but malfunctions and becomes a recurring antagonist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_pop_culture_allusions">Other pop culture allusions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other pop culture allusions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a June 2008 episode of the <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/Wait_Wait..._Don%27t_Tell_Me!" title="Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!">Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!</a></i> marking the occasion of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> transitioning to semi-retirement from Microsoft, humorist <a href="/wiki/Adam_Felber" title="Adam Felber">Adam Felber</a> and comedian <a href="/wiki/Paul_Provenza" title="Paul Provenza">Paul Provenza</a> ad-lib a scenario in which Clippit is being driven to a location outside of <a href="/wiki/Redmond,_Washington" title="Redmond, Washington">Redmond, Washington</a>, at night and says such things as "It looks like you're digging a grave. Is this a business grave or a personal grave?" The segment has become one of the most requested by listeners for replay during "best of" reviews of the show.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, a music video directed by Chris Bristow was released for <a href="/wiki/Delta_Heavy" title="Delta Heavy">Delta Heavy</a>'s song <i>Ghost</i>, which features Clippit discovering Shania, a modern voice-activated digital assistant, and later on Clippit becomes angry upon discovering the modern landscape of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the thirteenth season of the <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons and Dragons</a> actual play show <a href="/wiki/Dimension_20" title="Dimension 20">Dimension 20</a> (set in the world of <a href="/wiki/Starstruck_(comics)" title="Starstruck (comics)">Starstruck</a>), Clippit was used as the basis of a planetary superintelligence called Gnosis in the far future. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Catherynne_M._Valente" title="Catherynne M. Valente">Catherynne M. Valente</a>'s 2018 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Opera_(Valente_novel)" title="Space Opera (Valente novel)">Space Opera</a></i>, two humans have been whisked to a distant planet to take part in a music contest that could lead to humanity being destroyed. Soon after arrival, they are disoriented and in great danger, and find themselves confronted by a giant animated Clippy, created by a sentient AI collective based on what it had found was widespread on human computers. </p><p>Clippit appears as a mentor non-player character in the artificial-intelligence-based air traffic control system for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_(2020_video_game)" title="Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)">Microsoft Flight Simulator</a> and <a href="/wiki/X-Plane_(simulator)" title="X-Plane (simulator)">X-Plane</a>, <a href="/wiki/SayIntentions.AI" title="SayIntentions.AI">SayIntentions.AI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bing_AI" class="mw-redirect" title="Bing AI">Bing AI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ms._Dewey" title="Ms. Dewey">Ms. Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tafiti" title="Tafiti">Tafiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tay_(bot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tay (bot)">Tay (bot)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_Moose" title="Talking Moose">Talking Moose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_assistant" title="Virtual assistant">Virtual assistant</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_Assistant&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 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Dickinson College. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lis.dickinson.edu/Technology/Training/Tutorials/MsOffice/assistant.htm">the original</a> on 2007-02-12<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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